Jetpack 3.4: Protect, Secure, and Simplify

With Jetpack 3.4, we’ve added new security features to protect your Jetpack-connected WordPress sites from bot net attacks. We’ve also taken some first steps to create a simplified interface for how you interact with Jetpack.

Your WordPress, Secured.

Brute force attacks are a growing concern for many website administrators. By integrating features from the WordPress plugin BruteProtect, Jetpack Protect can help you take control of site security and protect your site from this common attack vector.

A Centralized Experience

Continuing Jetpack’s mission to bring feature parity between self-hosted WordPress sites and WordPress.com, you will soon be able to manage security features from either your site’s dashboard or a central interface on WordPress.com. Locked out of your site from too many failed login attempts? You can whitelist your IP address in WordPress.com.

Jump Start

With the click of a button, you can immediately boost performance, security, and engagement to jump start your site with a curated set of Jetpack modules. This feature is tailored for those who are new to the plugin or new installation of Jetpack.

How to Update

Visit the Plugins page in your Dashboard and update Jetpack from there. Alternatively update all your sites in bulk from wordpress.com/plugins/jetpack.

How to Install

You can install Jetpack by visiting our install page or by searching for it in your Plugins page on your dashboard.

Comments

I have a question – I have two self-hosted blogs – I have the Wordfence plugin installed on BOTH blogs – do I have any reason to be concerned about the updated Jetpack plugin crossing with that, affecting the function of Wordfence – and of the blogs? Thanks!

This is awesome! Keep up the great work! Question: If we have BruteProtect installed, has all functionality been duplicated and should we then remove BruteProtect or should we continue to run it alongside Jetpack? Thanks!

Top Posts widget does not work anymore after the jetpack update.Else there are no Top Posts or Top Search Terms anymore in the admin dashboard widget. I got two blogs updated, both show the same probs. Any advice, what I can do? Thanks in advance…

Hello! It’s not a set number, but based on how fast they’re submitted, along with other factors. You can also whitelist IP addresses either in the plugin or on WordPress.com – please see http://jetpack.me/support/security-features/#unblock for more info. Hope this helps!

I like that the Brute Protect new functionality in JetPack is an additional login protection. Over the past week or so, someone broke into some of my sites and seemingly changed the wp-login and wp-admin code. So…I was seeing the “please prove you’re not a bot” equation but it has disappeared again. I am using both Firefox, Safari, and Chrome browsers on a Mac using OS X Yosemite and Firefox browser on a PC using Linux. Shouldn’t I be seeing the equation on the login screen? I’ve only seen the equation once this morning (both machines, all browsers) and it has now disappeared on login screens for my three affected sites. Already reinstalled current version of WordPress as well just in case. Thoughts?

Hello,
You should not see the math captcha on a regular basis, that’s only there as a fallback if the normal tools are not functioning as they should. Hope this helps, please let us know if you have any additional questions by visiting http://jetpack.me/contact-support/